Programmable stiff sheets with a single low-energy folding motion have been sought in fields ranging from the ancient art of origami to modern meta-materials research. Despite such attention, only two ...

Inspired by origami, researchers have built a quadcopter that can unfurl its wings in under a second. The portable device could be used in large numbers to coordinate rescue operations in a disaster ...

A historical novel based on a girl who set about folding 1,000 origami paper cranes in the shadow of World War II is the inspiration behind a summer partnership between a local children’s organization ...